Sat, Sep-07-19, 22:01
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Plan: Very LC, Higher Protein
Stats: 227/186/185
BF:
Progress: 98%
Location: Herndon, VA
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Good observation of Fung's statement, and it was made to contrast the brute-force decision for a surgical procedure having many risks and complications with IF having far fewer risks to achieve the same results. This article reads like a promotional piece for bariatric surgery.
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"But the findings were so striking that an editorial accompanying the paper suggested that weight-loss surgery, rather than medications, should be the preferred treatment for Type 2 diabetes in certain patients with obesity."
“The new information here is the ability of bariatric surgery to control macrovascular events like strokes, heart attacks, heart failure and kidney disease,” not just improve weight and diabetes control, said Dr. Edward H. Livingston, the editorial’s author. “That’s a big deal.”"
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And also:
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"Patients who had metabolic surgery also lost an average of 15 percent more weight than those who did not, and they had lower blood-sugar levels. They needed less medication to control diabetes and less insulin after the operation than the comparison group, and required fewer drugs to control blood pressure and cholesterol."
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It's a wonderful world when humans can perform amazing feats of surgery to improve health, but the mystery is when no one communicates that a much less risky alternative is a simple lifestyle change that is far cheaper, safer, and more manageable than having a team of physicians cut open one's abdomen. Why don't they just state the tag line, "better living through bariatric surgery?"
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